Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-04-22

his guilt before his fellowmen and satisfy
life.
II seem to see before me humble
home where father and mother are wait
ing for message that never comes. Eyes
are filled with tears and hearts are heavy
because there are no tidings of the absent
daughter. The hours are like days, while
days lengthen into weeks, as the lonely
parents watch and wait and hope But
the child cometh not. The post brings
no letter of love. Perhaps there are
brothers and sisters, and they, too, long
for some word from the dear one. Bnt
the familiar step is heard no more upon
the threshold The well known voice AN
swers not the anxious call.
absent and unknown friends, she for
who you wait has fallen into the snare of
the fowler. The knife of a murderer has
done its cruel work. No ear but that of
God heard her bitter Cry for help; no
heart but the heart of the Infinite listened
to her last wall of anguish. She fell by
the wayslde, when the night was dark and
the air chill and damp. Her dying bed
was the cold ground, her shrond the even
ing winds, and her watchers the bare
al med trees and the leaden clouds. But
there were Samaritans who passed by
that way, and they lifted her tenderly
from her blood stained couch and in long
procession they looked down upon her un-
conscious form, and they are carrying her
to her long home rs you would have done
had she died in your arms Absent, I'M
known friends, the law which fell from
the lips of Jesus is our guide, and we are
doing unto others as we would that others
should do unto us. We think of you to-
day, stranger though you may be, and we
pray to the father of the fatherless and to
the widows God that he will bless you
and comfort your loneliness, land that he
will give you a double portion of His
grace to sustain you while you are waiting
and hoping for the dear one whom you
shall see no more on this earth"
Many persons in the congregation were
affected to tears by parts of the adj
dress. The Rev. Mr.. Robinson followed
with prayer, in which he said 20 Lord,
this crime is a deep mystery to us, but to
Thee it is all clear. Thine eve was upon
the spot where the murder was done.
Thine eye was upon the hand outstretched
to take her life Thine eye followed the
murderer as he fled, and watched him day
by day, hour by hour, minute by minute,
and is looking upon him now. Lord, let
consciousness of the criminals guilt goad
him night and day. May it wiring his
bosom; may his conscience be detective.
We pray Thee to aid those who are trying
to discover the murderer of this young
girl. Help them to follow out the faint
clues they have Lord, leave us not help
less.
Two verses of Nearer, My God, to
Thee were sung by the congregation,
and the benedction was pronounced by
the Rev. Mr.. Albrecht. The casket was
carried from the church by the six re.
porters, while another dirge was played
on the organ, and the ministers were ac.
companied by Mayor DAILY as they left the
church.
The funeral procession over the dusty
road to the old Presbyterion cemetery
r. rriu
Mourning relatives there were none.
None of those persons who claim to have
recognized the body appeared The cas-
ket was carried into the vault, where the
burial service was read, the Rev. Mr.
Gay committing the body and the Rev.
Mr.. Robinson pronouncing the benedic
ton.
A large number of persons walked from
the church to the tomb. Among them
was an old, wrinkled German woman,
who carried wreath of artificial flowers.
She said in broken English that she was
looking for her missing daughter After
the service she wac taken into the tomb
and shown the tranquil face of the muir
dered girl, but she shook her head in
negative way, and went off with the
wreath she had brought to put on her
daughters casket.
After the crowd had dispersed the I'M
dertakers, acting on orders from County
Prosecutor Wilson, carried the casket
back to their rooms, where the body was
once more transferred to the ice boz for
preservation as long as possible, or until
somebody identifies it. Practically speak
ing the body was buried and eXhumed
soon afterward to aid in clearing up the
mystery. The cemetery committee of the
First Presbyterian church has selected
plot for the final disposition of the remains
in case they are to be buried in Railway.